Amedeo Modigliani

"Rubenstein got it just right. I met Ehrenburg in the Rotonde Cafe when he was a slovenly, bohemian poet. He always wore a hat with large crown and broad brim. The French liked to call him 'Le Chapeau.' During World War I, I saw how Ehrenburg had a nervous breakdown. He missed his homeland, his family. I've read Tangled Loyalties, but it still amazes me that Ehrenburg became a world-famous writer and a useful tool for Stalin. None of his friends could have guessed his fate in those years."